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From: saj%yipeia@Sun.COM (Scott A. Jordahl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: A Unix worthy Compress/Uncompress for the PC
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Date: 13 Oct 89 00:59:54 GMT
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In article <9673@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> chasm@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Charles Marslett) writes:
>
>The 4.3 version of the compress source is completely compatible with MSDOS
>and the Microsoft C compiler (I can post or mail the compiled executable
>to anyone without Microsoft or Turbo C).
>
>Charles Marslett
>chasm@attctc.dallas.tx.us

But only allows 12-Bit maximum compression when compilied on MSDOS (look
at the #defines).  16-Bit is soooooo much better.  See my posting regarding
U16.EXE (U16 uses some assemble code to allow 16-Bit on the PC).

-- Scott


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